Bridgemark Consulting opens its doors!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Entertainment Industry Executive launches premier Financial Consulting & Career Coaching business

Orlando, FL – October 5, 2009 – Bridgemark Consulting Group is one of Orlando’s fastest growing and competitive coaching businesses in Central Florida. Founded in Orlando in March 2009 by long-term financial industry veteran James Mark, Bridgemark Consulting Group specializes in providing strategic planning, leadership & team development, customer loyalty, marketing, and financial consulting services.

“Bridgemark Consulting Group offers a wide range of services to develop leaders and build high performing teams already. We can analyze your current internal & external strategies and help develop them for sustainable growth as well as provide assistance in creating a loyal customer base through customer service and sales strategies.” Commented James Mark. “By capitalizing on strengths and best practices, and instinct, I know that Bridgemark can truly help transform small under-performing businesses into successful ones as well as take individuals up the corporate ladder to ensure survival in today’s economic market place.”

Over the past 15 years, James “Jay” Mark has continually added value to corporations of all sizes, non-profits, and the public sector. His experience taught him that profitability growth and increased efficiencies are by-products of understanding your environment and developing successful strategies that can weather the storms of change. Specifically, Jay has lead initiatives focused on leadership development, financial planning and cost management, brand management, process redesign focused on lean principles, business development, competitive intelligence, and much more. We can help provide you with solutions that will exceed your goals.

Jay was educated at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond where he learned the importance of effective leadership and its positive result to the bottom line. After a two year stint in Washington, D.C. working on a ~$1B case heard before the U.S. Federal Court of Claims, Jay was selected to the prestigious Coro Fellowship Program in Public Affairs located in Los Angeles, CA. This one-year national public policy fellowship enables participants to execute strategies in five different industries (business, media, non-profit, labor, government) to increase productivity, efficiency, and impact to the community. It was here that he learned his passion was in business and began working for a mid-size financial services firm, TBG Financial.

While working at TBG, Jay was admitted to the Fully-Employed MBA program at the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University. Attending the Fully-Employed program, enabled him to put into practice the tools and theories learned in the workplace and provided perspective on the most effective ways to implement strategies. Jay was able to persuade senior leadership to adopt a new operational strategy using the balanced scorecard that ultimately increased productivity by 20%.

Since 2003, Jay has worked in the internal strategy and planning groups of two highly reputable Fortune 500 companies. Accomplishments have included developing a five year strategic plan that aligned infrastructure support with competitive benchmarks, reducing cost base spending by ~$350M, integrating two different cultures after a major acquisition, led the finance function of a $2B business and deal structuring of possible joint ventures, and redesigning the forecasting process for a major division that increased accuracy in profitability forecasting and NPV analyses.

All of these diverse experiences have helped Jay become comfortable in any situation, assess problems quickly, and provide a variety of solutions that are tailored for the client. He currently resides in Orlando, FL with his wife and three children.

Bridgemark Consulting Group is located at 13506 Summerport Village Parkway #276
Windermere, FL 34786. Phone is 1-800-764-8085. Fax is 1-800-364-0974. Email is
jmark@bridgemarkconsulting.com.

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